FARMER RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: Mar 07, 2025 - The Farmer is responsible for managing a range of farm activities including the breeding, feeding, and general husbandry of livestock, as well as monitoring their health conditions. This position coordinates the transport logistics, handling the loading, unloading, and transportation of livestock and produce, alongside maintaining records of farm activities and production. This role ensures the upkeep of farm infrastructure such as pens, fences, sheds, and water supply systems and addresses any health issues with livestock to the property owner.

Tips for Farmer Skills and Responsibilities on a Resume

1. Farmer, Green Valley Farms, Springfield, IL

Job Summary:

  • Carry out field preparations and planting as instructed.
  • Perform routine daily follow-up on the assigned fields including fertilization, weeding, irrigation system checkup, and general maintenance of the field.
  • Crop harvest operations and pest control application.
  • Implement greenhouse cultivation and maintenance according to plans.
  • Prepare plant and soil samples as directed by supervisors and perform the needed procedures.
  • Collaborate and work with other farmers to achieve the required tasks.
  • Built long-term relationships with restaurants
  • Communicate with Marketing to make campaigns to increase the restaurant's sales.
  • Design and implement the following activity plans for the different restaurants
  • Make and show the results.
  • Make new business opportunities with new restaurants.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Field Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Irrigation Maintenance (Hard Skills)
  • Crop Harvesting (Hard Skills)
  • Pest Control (Hard Skills)
  • Greenhouse Cultivation (Hard Skills)
  • Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Business Development (Soft Skills)

2. Farmer, Sunny Acres Agricultural Cooperative, Madison, WI

Job Summary:

  • Receiving phone calls and answering queries from farmer owners in a timely manner
  • Day-to-day administration processes including liaising with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external
  • Managing member master data and ensuring all databases and systems are up to date and accurate
  • Administering member communications (e.g. text messages, emails, letters)
  • Maintain and develop the organization's current customer database to identify new leads
  • Building strategic proposals, and able to adapt on a global platform
  • Preparation of presentation slides to prospect out the organization's products
  • Keeping up to date with the company's new products to share with clients
  • Maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations events such as attending business lunches, events and conferences
  • Generating innovative ideas for work improvement


Skills on Resume: 

  • Customer Service (Soft Skills)
  • Administration (Hard Skills)
  • Data Management (Hard Skills)
  • Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Lead Generation (Hard Skills)
  • Proposal Building (Hard Skills)
  • Networking (Soft Skills)
  • Innovation (Soft Skills)

3. Livestock Farmer, Blue Horizon Organic Produce, Salem, OR

Job Summary:

  • Manage farm activities including breeding, feeding, and husbandry of livestock
  • Check and monitor livestock health condition
  • Co-ordinating transport & logistics
  • Loading and unloading, stock and equipment, organising the selling, buying and transportation of livestock and produce
  • Taking care of young livestock
  • Maintaining pens, sheds and cages, fertilising, controlling pests and weeds
  • Maintain farm activity and production records
  • Maintaining fences, equipment and water supply systems
  • Monitoring livestock health and reporting any issues to the property owner


Skills on Resume: 

  • Livestock Management (Hard Skills)
  • Health Monitoring (Hard Skills)
  • Logistics Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Stock Handling (Hard Skills)
  • Animal Care (Hard Skills)
  • Facility Maintenance (Hard Skills)
  • Record Keeping (Hard Skills)
  • Problem Reporting (Soft Skills)

4. Farmer, Red Barn Family Farms, Albany, NY

Job Summary:

  • Identifying local host organizations (in the agricultural and microfinance sectors that pertain to the country project strategy) that are interested in receiving technical assistance from volunteers
  • Managing a team of three field staff and ensuring deliverables are met
  • Finalizing and submitting the project’s monthly financial reports
  • Ensuring that volunteer assignments meet Farmer-to-Farmer standards and correspond to the established Colombia Farmer-to-Farmer strategy and host organization´s annual work plans
  • Monitoring and evaluating the quality and impact of volunteer assignments and projects, with assistance from POA HQ staff and field staff
  • Overseeing in-country travel and logistics for volunteers
  • Providing pre- and post-assignment assistance to host organizations and working closely with host organizations while volunteers are in-country
  • Updating project information and data
  • Producing comprehensive and quality program documents and reports
  • Assisting the Farmer-to-Farmer Colombia Project Director in representing the Farmer-to-Farmer program and coordinating with the USAID mission in Colombia and other stakeholders


Skills on Resume: 

  • Host Organization Identification (Hard Skills)
  • Team Management (Soft Skills)
  • Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Volunteer Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Monitoring and Evaluation (Hard Skills)
  • Logistics Management (Hard Skills)
  • Stakeholder Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Program Documentation (Hard Skills)